Condenser.



PA'IENTED FEB. 17, 1903. P. LAMPLOUGH.

CONDENSER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. as, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

' UNITED STATES FREDERICK LAMPLOUGH,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CONDENSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,707, dated February 17, 1903. Application filed November 25,1902. Serial No. 132,764. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK LAM- PLOUGH, a subject of the King of Great Brit: ain, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Condensers, of which the-following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to construct a condenser for steam-motors which under ordinary circumstances will condense all the steam passing therethrough, but which under certain circumstances, such as climbing a hill, will heat, andthus render invisi ble, any uncondensed steam which may pass out of the same and at the same time induce a stronger current of air, which will add to the condensing effect.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in section and partly broken away, of a condenser constructed in accordance therewith. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a side elevation and plan of a hook for connecting the condenser to the frame of a motor-car.

In carrying the invention into effect I take anumber of closed hollow corrugated disks 1, and I form a hole 2 in the top and bottom of each. These disks 1 are fitted into top tubes 3, 4, and 5 and bottom tubes 6, 7, and 8 and are soldered in position. When there are three rows of disks 1, as shown in the drawings, one of the top tubes 3 is provided with a suitable steam-inlet 9, and the other top tubes 4 and 5 are connected with two of the lower tubes 6 and 7 by means of tubes 10 and 11, so that steam entering the first top tube 3 will pass down through the interior of those disks connected therewith into the tube 6, up through the tube 10, then down through the interior of the disks connected thereto into the tube 7, and up through the tube 11 into thelast set of disks. By this time, under ordinary circumstances, all the steam will be condensed, and the water will pass intothe tubes, from which it will run through the holes 12 into the eduction-hood l3 and flow away through the narrow opening 14: at the rear thereof. The arrows show the course of the steam through the apparatus. The condenser thus formed is preferably slung, by means of the hooks 1.5, beneath or in front of the car, so that the edges of the hollow disks or chambers 1 face the direction in which the car travels.

The ednction-hood 13, into which a great portion of the rear set of disks or hollow chambers pass, extends the whole length of the condenser. A great portion of the air which passes between the hollow chambers 1 flows into the eduction-hood 13 and out of the narrow opening 14. The air thus passing between the hollow disks 1 becomes heated. The tube 8 is also provided on its rear side with a number of holes--16, and in the event of any uncondensed steam entering this tube itpasses through said holes into the eductionhood 13 and through the narrow opening 14: and by its velocity induces a stronger current of air through the spaces between the hollow chambers 1. The heated air mixes with the jets of uncondensed steam and renders the escapingsteam invisible.

The, whole apparatus is mounted upon a suitable frame17 and connected to the frame 18 of thevcar by the hooks 15.

Although I have shown three series of hollow chambers arranged side by side, it will be understood that other numbers of series may be employed, and I would further remark that the hollow chambers may be circular disks,'as shown, or of other suitable shape, having air-spaces between.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a steam-condenser, the combination of a number of hollow chambers suitably connected together with air-spaces between, a steam-inlet, a tube into which thecondensed steam passes, holes in said tube, an eductionhood arranged to catch the water of condensation passing out from said tube, said eduction-hood passing partly behind the hollow bodies, an opening at the front of said eduction-hood', andan opening in the rear of said eduction-hood, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a steam-condenser, the combination of a number of hollow chambers, holesin the tops and bottoms of said hollow chambers, tubes connecting the tops and bottoms of said hollow chambers, a steam-inlet, holes in the rear side of the lower tube, an open-fronted eduction-hood arranged below and partly in the rear of the hollow bodies, and an opening in the rear of said eduction-hood, substantially as set forth.

3. In a steam-condenser, the combination of a steam-in1et, a number of hollow chambers arranged side by side, a hole in the top and bottom of each hollow chamber, tubes connecting the tops and bottoms of said hollow chambers in series, other tubes connecting some of the lower tubes with some of the upper tubes, thus connecting: up several series of hollow chambers, a set of holes in the bottom of the last lower tube through which FREDERICK LAMPLOUGH.

\Vitnesses:

B. J. B. MILLS, CLAUDE K. MILLs. 

